Chicken waterer



-s, 1931. M, E, H R 1,835,939

CHICKEN WATERER Filed July 5., 1929 BY mm.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT "om n MELVIN EARL FISHER, or nnxmoroivixnmsmisxa CHICKEN WATEREB.

Application filed. July 5,

My invention relates to poultry drinking fountains and it consists in the constructions, arrangements and combinations herein described and claimed.

It is an object of my invention to provide a drinking fountain wherein water discharged from a main receptacle to a troughtures of invention will be apparent from the following description and drawings,

wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a drinking fountain constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

In carrying out my. invention I provide a cylindrical tank 1 closed at both ends and suitably supported by pedestal 1 and 1".

Adjacent the pedestal 1 the tank 1 is apertured to receive a two-way valve 5 reciprocable therein. The valve 5 comprises valves faces 5 and 5 adapted to seat against valve seats 5 and 5 respectively upon reciprocation of the valve, as will presently appear.

An operating rod 3 extends upwardly from the valve 5 and is slidably journaled through a support 4 adjacent the upper part of the tank. The rod 3 is suitably headed by a nut and confines a compression spring 4 between the underside thereof and the support 4*. The weight of the trough 2 and the spring 4 normally holds the valve 5 open, and the tension of this spring may be varied by manipulating the nut, as will be apparent. Access to the adjusting nut and spring 4 may be had by removing the cover 8.

A consideration of Fig. 2 discloses the fact that the valves 5 and 5 are screwed upon the rod 3, and suitably locked in adjusted positions by lock nuts 6 and 7.

The lower extremity of the rod 3 terminates in an eyelet to receive a hook 11, which 1929.. sem Na e'zama. j

in aim is engaged ina bai112ofthe trough 2. By thisiconstruction, the trough, maybe readily detached from'the rod,'to facilitate cleaning or removal otherwise. Q

The'pedestal l is provided with a pair of'55 superposed slots 19. withinwhich the adj a' cent end of thetrough 2 may-.befrockably f supported. 'It willbe noted that "the troug maybe adjusted within oneorth loth r I these fslots, thereby raising or lowering the'eof troug as the case may be, to accommodate large or small'chickens. I i '5 The tankl. may be provided with a suit able' filling opening closed by a"lid. 9, as shownin Fig.1; In the use of my fountain, the tank l being filled withlwater, and the trough 2 hav' ing small portion of water therein, the I double acting valve 5 willbe infsuch position so'as to hold the valve facesff and'5 away from, their seats, thus permittingwater to, flow from'the tank 1 into the trough 2'. As soon as the weight of the w'ater in the trough has increased sufliciently to overcome the tensionof the spring 4, thevalve face 5 will I seat against the valve seat 5 thus stopping the flow of water to the trough 2. It will be understood, of course, that as soon as the. water in the trough 2 has again been reduced,

the spring 4: Will pull th rod upwar y, s

raising the valve 5 to again allow water to flow to the trough. I

It should be noted that the tension of the spring 4 is such as to support the trough 2 5-14:

and retain the valve faces 5? and 5 in their unseated positions. Thus it will belapparent that when the trough 2 is removed for cleaning, the spring 4 will be sufficient to raise the rod 3 upwardly to cause seating of the valve face 5 in the valve 5, thereby closing the valve against any outward fiow of water. However, as soon as the trough .2 has again been placed in position upon the hook 11 the weight of the trough will pull downwardly I claim a 1. A poultry drinking fountain comprising a supply tank supported upon pedestals,

a vertically reciprocable rod mounted in said tank and movable through an opening having opposed valve seats, opposed valves on said rodwfor alternate seating engagements with said" valve seats, a trough disposed 'be j neath said supply tank and rockably suspended from one of said pedestals, and means connecting the ifreevendof z-s'aid trough.

with said reciprocable rod.

2. A poultry drinking fountain compris ing a supply tank supported upon pedestals, I

a vertically reciprocable rod,'a hearing at the uppeniportion ofrsaid tank and supporting said rod, said ,rodr being movable'thro-ugh an 1 opening formed.inthe lower side" of said, tank, said opening ,having, opposed valve 1 seats, :opposed valves on said -rodr foralternate seating-. engagement with said ivalvem seats-,a trough disposed. beneath said supply tankl and. rocka-blysuspended. fromxone of: said pedestals, cspring means :interposed;be-,. tween i saidlrod and bearingvsnormally. hold ingnsaifdl valves in open. positions, and means connecting the free enduofasaid trough with I:

saidwreciprocable :rod.

3. A poultry fountain .comprisingia -s1 1 p-.

ply'tank having supporting pedestals, one of, f 7 c said pedestals1.-having superposed. slots, .a trougln. said trough; vhaving wonei end con-.1 structed; .EEoi'; engagement in, 7 either: of said; slots,anautomaticvalve associated with said -.suppl y.' tan'k fo r discharging yvater to said trough and j'adjustalole means connecting thelother end ofsaid trough and said valve;

In testimony whereof have signedmy name to this specification. a

MELVIN "EARL FISHER. i 

